1. Talk to the Entrance Manager (Gurter) at hu_fild01 140 163 to enter the tower. Entrance fee is 5000zeny (or 3000zeny for exploration helper).
2. In the tower entrance, talk to Guide (Dietzsche) at tha_t01 149 78 for introduction and you can also sign a mercenary contract to help clearing monster at the tower with her.
3. Guide (Rier) at tha_t01 140 78 is for prize redemption. Collect items from monsters in the tower to redeem.
4. When you reach the 2nd floor, you can proceed to the 3rd floor by talking to Entrance Manager (Blad) at tha_t02 231 161. However, you must have at least 5 members in your party to proceed
5. Find a Mechanism at tha_t03 67 70. You need equip with a level 4 weapon to get a Red Key.
6. Proceed to 4th floor, find another Mechanism at tha_t04 195 195. Enter the correct numeric combination to get a Yellow Key. (Refer to Number Guessing Game for more info)
7. Proceed to 5th floor, find Mechanism at tha_t05 101 37, you will need at least 3 characters to stand near it to get a Blue Key.
8. Proceed to 6th floor, find Mechanism at tha_t06 43 152, you will need to turn the wheels in the correct order. There are 3 ways to turn the wheel to obtain Green Key.
1) up - down - rotate - up - up
2) down - push - up - rotate - down
3) push - up - down - down - rotate
9. Proceed to 9th floor, Enter 'Blue Key' for Mechanism at tha_t09 19 158 to get a 'Black Key'.
10. Go back to 4th floor, insert 'Blue Key' to the Seal at tha_t04 150 44 to get Magic Gem Blue.
11. Proceed to 5th floor, insert 'Red Key' in to Seal at tha_t05 218 116 to get Magic Gem Red.
12. Proceed to 6th floor, enter 'Black Key' into Seal at tha_t06 226 230 to get Magic Gem Black.
13. Proceed to 7th floor, enter 'Yellow Key' into Seal at tha_t07 113 129 to get Magic Gem Yellow.
14. Proceed to 10th floor, enter 'Green Key' into Seal at tha_t10 129 159 to get Magic Gem Green.
15. Proceed to 12th floor, insert Magic Gem Red into StoneStatue at tha_t12 96 59. (p/s must have gathered all gems)
16. Insert Magic Gem Yellow into StoneStatue at tha_t12 161 58.
17. Insert Magic Gem Blue into StoneStatue at tha_t12 104 18
18. Insert Magic Gem Black into StoneStatue at tha_t12 128 86.
19. Finally insert Magic Gem Green into StoneStatue at tha_t12 154 18.
20. The portal at the center of the room (tha_t12 130 51) will be activated. You can proceed to the top floor through the portal.
21. At top floor, insert a 'Piece Of Memory Purple' into the symbol at thana_boss 217 167. Kill all the monsters spawned. (Must have a Piece Of Memory Purple)
22. Insert a 'Piece Of Memory Green' into the symbol at thana_boss 202 75. Kill all the monsters spawned. (Must have Piece Of Memory Green)
23. Insert a 'Piece Of Memory Blue' into the symbol at thana_boss 80 76. Kill all the monsters spawned. (Must have Piece Of Memory Blue)
24. Insert a 'Piece Of Memory Red' into the symbol at thana_boss 62 171. Kill all the monsters spawned. (Must have Piece Of Memory Red)
25. Proceed to thana_boss 141 218. Monsters will appear when you approach. Defeat all the monsters.
26. After you have defeat all the monsters spawn on the five extended areas, MVP Thanatos will be spawned at the center of the map.
Keywords: Ragnarok,Thanatos tower,Noghalt,Zenny,Quest,Top floor,Tower,pRO
Monday, October 30, 2006
Friday, October 13, 2006
Bard - Clown - Noghaltz Quest Skill
Bard - Clown
Pang Voice
*Character must be Job Lv40 and above, or Minstrel to learn this skill.
*Character must complete the Geffen Bard Quest to learn this skill.
1. Talk to NPC Lad (prontera 174 328) until the NPC mention ¡§Tropical Sograt¡¨.
2. Purchase a Tropical Sograt from the Bartender in the Morocc Bar (morocc 55 259).
3. Give the drink to NPC Lad to obtain information.
4. Find NPC Gloomy Bard in the Morocc Bar to proceed with the trial.
5. Collect Egg*5 from chicken NPC Ichre in Niflheim (appear at random places) and bring them to the NPC.
6. "Pang Voice" learned!
*eRO property
Pang Voice
*Character must be Job Lv40 and above, or Minstrel to learn this skill.
*Character must complete the Geffen Bard Quest to learn this skill.
1. Talk to NPC Lad (prontera 174 328) until the NPC mention ¡§Tropical Sograt¡¨.
2. Purchase a Tropical Sograt from the Bartender in the Morocc Bar (morocc 55 259).
3. Give the drink to NPC Lad to obtain information.
4. Find NPC Gloomy Bard in the Morocc Bar to proceed with the trial.
5. Collect Egg*5 from chicken NPC Ichre in Niflheim (appear at random places) and bring them to the NPC.
6. "Pang Voice" learned!
*eRO property
Dancer - Gypsy - Noghaltz Quest Skill
Dancer - Gypsy
Wink Charm
*Character must be Job Lv40 and above, or Gpysy to learn this skill.
1. Proceed to Comodo and find NPC Chanel (comodo 204 172).
2. Select the correct options and bring Crystal Mirror*1 to the NPC.
3. Proceed to Prontera to find NPC Arl (prontera 183 333).
4. Bring Alchol*1, Apple*1, Banana*3, Well Baked Cookie*5 , and White Plater*1 to the NPC.
5. Talk to the NPC until requested to find NPC Chanel .
6. Return to NPC Chanel for the skill learning trial.
7. "Wink of Charm" learned!
*eRO property
Wink Charm
*Character must be Job Lv40 and above, or Gpysy to learn this skill.
1. Proceed to Comodo and find NPC Chanel (comodo 204 172).
2. Select the correct options and bring Crystal Mirror*1 to the NPC.
3. Proceed to Prontera to find NPC Arl (prontera 183 333).
4. Bring Alchol*1, Apple*1, Banana*3, Well Baked Cookie*5 , and White Plater*1 to the NPC.
5. Talk to the NPC until requested to find NPC Chanel .
6. Return to NPC Chanel for the skill learning trial.
7. "Wink of Charm" learned!
*eRO property
Hunter - Sniper - Noghaltz Quest Skill
Hunter - Sniper
Phantasmic Arrow
*Character must be Job Lv40 and above, or Sniper to learn this skill.
1. Find NPC Master Carbuck (payon_in02 54 13) in the Payon Archer Village (pay_arche 93 166).
2. Talk to NPC Arlebasto (pay_arche 109 169).
3. Collect Cardinal Jewel*5, Harpy' s Feather*5 , and Pet Food*30 for the NPC.
4. "Phantasmic Arrow" learned!
*eRO property
Phantasmic Arrow
*Character must be Job Lv40 and above, or Sniper to learn this skill.
1. Find NPC Master Carbuck (payon_in02 54 13) in the Payon Archer Village (pay_arche 93 166).
2. Talk to NPC Arlebasto (pay_arche 109 169).
3. Collect Cardinal Jewel*5, Harpy' s Feather*5 , and Pet Food*30 for the NPC.
4. "Phantasmic Arrow" learned!
*eRO property
Alchemist - Creator - Noghaltz Quest Skill
Alchemist - Creator
Create Elemental Resist Potion
*Character must be Job Lv40 and above, or Biochemist to learn this skill.
1. Proceed to the building 9 o ' clock from the city center Kapra (yuno 93 180) and look for NPC Felix.
2. Answer the question correctly, player will be requested to collect materials for the experiment: Yellow Gemstone*5, Heart of Mermaid*10, Moth Dust*10, Empty Potion*4.
3. Bring the items to the NPC and assist the NPC to recall the materials required.
4. Collect Blossom of Maneater*20 for the NPC and will be asked to get "something" after the dialogue.
5. Give Spinning Eyes*1 to the NPC, and player will be rewarded with a Elemental Potion Book.
6. By using the Pharmacy skill, Elemental Resist Potions can be created!
Resist Fire : Lizard Scruff*2, Red Gemstone*1, Empty Potion*1
Resist Water : Heart of Mermaid*3, Blue Gemstone*1, Empty Potion*1
Resist Wind : Moth Dust*3, Blue Gemstone*1, Empty Potion*1
Resist Earth : Large Jellopy*2, Yellow Gemstone*1, Empty Potion*1
*eRO property
Create Elemental Resist Potion
*Character must be Job Lv40 and above, or Biochemist to learn this skill.
1. Proceed to the building 9 o ' clock from the city center Kapra (yuno 93 180) and look for NPC Felix.
2. Answer the question correctly, player will be requested to collect materials for the experiment: Yellow Gemstone*5, Heart of Mermaid*10, Moth Dust*10, Empty Potion*4.
3. Bring the items to the NPC and assist the NPC to recall the materials required.
4. Collect Blossom of Maneater*20 for the NPC and will be asked to get "something" after the dialogue.
5. Give Spinning Eyes*1 to the NPC, and player will be rewarded with a Elemental Potion Book.
6. By using the Pharmacy skill, Elemental Resist Potions can be created!
Resist Fire : Lizard Scruff*2, Red Gemstone*1, Empty Potion*1
Resist Water : Heart of Mermaid*3, Blue Gemstone*1, Empty Potion*1
Resist Wind : Moth Dust*3, Blue Gemstone*1, Empty Potion*1
Resist Earth : Large Jellopy*2, Yellow Gemstone*1, Empty Potion*1
*eRO property
Sage - Scholar - Noghaltz Quest Skill
Sage - Scholar
Create Elemental Converter
1. Proceed to the Yuno Magic Academy and find NPC Mishuna (yuno_in03 176 24).
2. Collect Scorpion¡¦s Tail*10, Horn*7, Colorful Shell*12, Snail's Shell*10, and Scroll*4 for the NPC.
3. "Create Elemental Converter" learned!
Elemental Change
* Character must have "Create Elemental Converter" & ¡§Flame Launcher"/"Frost Weapon"/ "Thunder Loader"/"Seismic Weapon" (according to the element desired) to learn this skill.
1. Talk to NPC Mishuna (yuno_in03 176 24) to master one type of elemental change.
2. Prepare Payon Solution*1, Morocc Solution*1, and the stone of the element desired*20 (e.g. Boody Red, Crystal Blue, Wind of Verdure, or Yellow Live) for the NPC.
3. "Elemental change skill" learned!
*eRO property
Create Elemental Converter
1. Proceed to the Yuno Magic Academy and find NPC Mishuna (yuno_in03 176 24).
2. Collect Scorpion¡¦s Tail*10, Horn*7, Colorful Shell*12, Snail's Shell*10, and Scroll*4 for the NPC.
3. "Create Elemental Converter" learned!
Elemental Change
* Character must have "Create Elemental Converter" & ¡§Flame Launcher"/"Frost Weapon"/ "Thunder Loader"/"Seismic Weapon" (according to the element desired) to learn this skill.
1. Talk to NPC Mishuna (yuno_in03 176 24) to master one type of elemental change.
2. Prepare Payon Solution*1, Morocc Solution*1, and the stone of the element desired*20 (e.g. Boody Red, Crystal Blue, Wind of Verdure, or Yellow Live) for the NPC.
3. "Elemental change skill" learned!
*eRO property
Blacksmith - Whitesmith - Noghaltz Quest Skill
Blacksmith - Whitesmith
Unfairly Trick
*Character must be Job Lv30 and above, or Master Smith to learn this skill.
1. Talk to NPC Aki (geffen 178 72).
2. Prepare Steel*1, Coal*5, Iron Hammer*1 and Dextrimindexta*1 and 500 zeny , as requested by the NPC.
3. Prepare Steel*1 and Coal*3 for the 2nd attempt.
4. Prepare Iron Hammer*1 for the 3rd attempt.
5. "Unfairly Trick" learned!
Greed
*Character's current weight and max weight's difference must be lesser than 500 to learn this skill.
1. Talk to NPC Goodday (geffen 172 52) in front of the Blacksmith Guild.
2. Fulfill the task assigned and go back find Gooday.
3. ¡§Greed¡¨ learned!
%eRO property
Unfairly Trick
*Character must be Job Lv30 and above, or Master Smith to learn this skill.
1. Talk to NPC Aki (geffen 178 72).
2. Prepare Steel*1, Coal*5, Iron Hammer*1 and Dextrimindexta*1 and 500 zeny , as requested by the NPC.
3. Prepare Steel*1 and Coal*3 for the 2nd attempt.
4. Prepare Iron Hammer*1 for the 3rd attempt.
5. "Unfairly Trick" learned!
Greed
*Character's current weight and max weight's difference must be lesser than 500 to learn this skill.
1. Talk to NPC Goodday (geffen 172 52) in front of the Blacksmith Guild.
2. Fulfill the task assigned and go back find Gooday.
3. ¡§Greed¡¨ learned!
%eRO property
Wizard - High Wizard - Noghaltz Quest Skill
Sight Blaster - Wizard - High Wizard
1. Proceed to the Wizard Guild, at the top of the Geffen Tower, to find NPC Nyao (gef_tower 115 36).
2. Player will be requested to find a person in the Prontera Knight Guild.
3. Talk to NPC Simon Mayors (prt_in 82 98) to understand the concept of Knockback.
4. Return to NPC Nyao and prepare the following items for the NPC:
Yellow Live*10, Wind of Verdure*10, Bloody Red*10, Crystal Blue*10
5. "Sight Blaster" learned!
*eRO property
1. Proceed to the Wizard Guild, at the top of the Geffen Tower, to find NPC Nyao (gef_tower 115 36).
2. Player will be requested to find a person in the Prontera Knight Guild.
3. Talk to NPC Simon Mayors (prt_in 82 98) to understand the concept of Knockback.
4. Return to NPC Nyao and prepare the following items for the NPC:
Yellow Live*10, Wind of Verdure*10, Bloody Red*10, Crystal Blue*10
5. "Sight Blaster" learned!
*eRO property
Rogue - Stalker - Noghaltz Quest Skill
Close Confine - Rogue - Stalker
1. Proceed to a building in Comodo (cmd_fild09 341 143) and enter with the password: ¡§My father did not steal refining material¡¨.
2. Talk to NPC Ragreg (in_rogue 152 29) and a mission to find NPC Hijaragreg is given.
3. Proceed to Comodo field 07 (cmd_fild07 349 285) and find NPC Thorgreg (in_rogue 268 125) to gather information.
4. Proceed to Comodo field 04 (cmd_fild04 304 180), enter with the password: ¡§Antonio did not like breaking refining material¡¨ , and find NPC Jaygreg (in_rogue 181 114) to gather more information.
5. Search for NPC Hijaragreg (in_rogue 355 179) through the hidden path (in_rogue 350 127) in the Rogue Guild.
6. Select the correct options to obtain a letter to be sent to NPC Ragreg.
7. Obtain a letter from NPC Ragreg to be sent to NPC Thorgreg.
8. Obtain a letter from NPC Thorgreg to be sent to NPC Jaygreg.
9. Obtain a letter from NPC Jaygreg to be sent to NPC Hijaragreg.
10. Proceed to NPC Thorgreg to take the skill learning trial.
11. Return to NPC Hijaragreg to trigger another skill learning trial.
12. Return the item obtain after completing the trial to NPC Hijaragreg.
13. "Close Confine" learned!
*eRO perperty
1. Proceed to a building in Comodo (cmd_fild09 341 143) and enter with the password: ¡§My father did not steal refining material¡¨.
2. Talk to NPC Ragreg (in_rogue 152 29) and a mission to find NPC Hijaragreg is given.
3. Proceed to Comodo field 07 (cmd_fild07 349 285) and find NPC Thorgreg (in_rogue 268 125) to gather information.
4. Proceed to Comodo field 04 (cmd_fild04 304 180), enter with the password: ¡§Antonio did not like breaking refining material¡¨ , and find NPC Jaygreg (in_rogue 181 114) to gather more information.
5. Search for NPC Hijaragreg (in_rogue 355 179) through the hidden path (in_rogue 350 127) in the Rogue Guild.
6. Select the correct options to obtain a letter to be sent to NPC Ragreg.
7. Obtain a letter from NPC Ragreg to be sent to NPC Thorgreg.
8. Obtain a letter from NPC Thorgreg to be sent to NPC Jaygreg.
9. Obtain a letter from NPC Jaygreg to be sent to NPC Hijaragreg.
10. Proceed to NPC Thorgreg to take the skill learning trial.
11. Return to NPC Hijaragreg to trigger another skill learning trial.
12. Return the item obtain after completing the trial to NPC Hijaragreg.
13. "Close Confine" learned!
*eRO perperty
Monk - Champion - Noghaltz Quest Skill
Monk - Champion
Ki Translation
*Character's weight must be at 0 to learn this skill.
1. Proceed to St. Caprina Abbey and find NPC Monk (monk_test 316 69) in the Monk Guild.
2. Talk to NPC Training Monk (prt_monk 270 198).
3. ¡§Ki Translation¡¨ learned!
Ki Explosion
*Character must have ¡§Ki Translation¡¨ to learn this skill.
1. Talk to NPC Monk (monk_test 316 69) in the Monk Guild.
2. Collect Stem*20 and Shoot*3, as requested by the NPC, and bring it to him.
3. "Ki Explosion" learned!
*eRO property
Ki Translation
*Character's weight must be at 0 to learn this skill.
1. Proceed to St. Caprina Abbey and find NPC Monk (monk_test 316 69) in the Monk Guild.
2. Talk to NPC Training Monk (prt_monk 270 198).
3. ¡§Ki Translation¡¨ learned!
Ki Explosion
*Character must have ¡§Ki Translation¡¨ to learn this skill.
1. Talk to NPC Monk (monk_test 316 69) in the Monk Guild.
2. Collect Stem*20 and Shoot*3, as requested by the NPC, and bring it to him.
3. "Ki Explosion" learned!
*eRO property
Redemptio - Priest - Hight Priest - Noghaltz Quest
Redemptio - Priest - Hight Priest
*Character must have "Resurrection" to learn this skill.
1. Proceed to the Prontera Church and find NPC Nun Linus (prt_church 111 112).
2. Collect Holy Water*30 and Blue Gemstone*20 to learn the skill.
3. Few attempts might be required, as there are chances of failure.
4. "Redemptio" learned!
As a requirement, character would need to have EXP amount allocated for deduction to use this skill, i.e. EXP at 0% would be unable to activate the skill.
*eRO property
*Character must have "Resurrection" to learn this skill.
1. Proceed to the Prontera Church and find NPC Nun Linus (prt_church 111 112).
2. Collect Holy Water*30 and Blue Gemstone*20 to learn the skill.
3. Few attempts might be required, as there are chances of failure.
4. "Redemptio" learned!
As a requirement, character would need to have EXP amount allocated for deduction to use this skill, i.e. EXP at 0% would be unable to activate the skill.
*eRO property
Shrink - Crusader - Paladin - Quest
Shrink - Crusader - Paladin
1. Proceed to NPC Ford (geffen 110 117) and a request to find a NPC Soldier (gef_fild13 297 242) is made.
2. Prepare Red Potion*1 for the soldier and return to NPC Ford for further help.
3. Proceed to the Prontera Church to find NPC Arther Pastor (prt_church 87 127) for assistance to cure the soldier .
4. Collect Sticky Mucus*20, Empty Bottle*3, Jellopy*5, Coal*1, Cyfar*3, Grape*1, and Unripe Apple*1 to prepare an antidote.
5. Player must race the antidote back to NPC Soldier to cure him. If failed, return to NPC Arther Pastor for another antidote.
6. Once successful, the NPC will reward player with the new skill.
7. 'Shrink' learned!
RO commercial server property
1. Proceed to NPC Ford (geffen 110 117) and a request to find a NPC Soldier (gef_fild13 297 242) is made.
2. Prepare Red Potion*1 for the soldier and return to NPC Ford for further help.
3. Proceed to the Prontera Church to find NPC Arther Pastor (prt_church 87 127) for assistance to cure the soldier .
4. Collect Sticky Mucus*20, Empty Bottle*3, Jellopy*5, Coal*1, Cyfar*3, Grape*1, and Unripe Apple*1 to prepare an antidote.
5. Player must race the antidote back to NPC Soldier to cure him. If failed, return to NPC Arther Pastor for another antidote.
6. Once successful, the NPC will reward player with the new skill.
7. 'Shrink' learned!
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Noghaltz New Quest Skills
Charge Attack - Knight - Lord Knight
1. Proceed to the Knight Guild and talk to NPC Knight Member (prt_in 85 99).
2. Talk to NPC Knight Leader and all the NPCs Knight Member outside the Knight Guild.
3. NPC Knight Member on the left (prontera 66 358) will mention about Candy Striper and Witherless Rose.
4. Collect Candy Striper*5 and Witherless Rose*3, and bring it to NPC Knight Member (prt_in 85 99).
5. Continue the conversation with the NPC until the skill is obtained.
6. 'Charge Attack' learned!
*property of Ragnarok Online
1. Proceed to the Knight Guild and talk to NPC Knight Member (prt_in 85 99).
2. Talk to NPC Knight Leader and all the NPCs Knight Member outside the Knight Guild.
3. NPC Knight Member on the left (prontera 66 358) will mention about Candy Striper and Witherless Rose.
4. Collect Candy Striper*5 and Witherless Rose*3, and bring it to NPC Knight Member (prt_in 85 99).
5. Continue the conversation with the NPC until the skill is obtained.
6. 'Charge Attack' learned!
*property of Ragnarok Online
Dandelion Quest - Noghaltz - Ragnarok Online Game Guide
Dandelion Quest - Noghaltz - Ragnarok Online Game Guide
1. Find the respective NPC, according to job classes, to receive the Letter of Recommendation.
Izlude NPC Guild Official, at the 8 o'clock area (izlude 103 106):
For Swordman class characters and Novice class characters
Prontera NPC Sanctuary Official, at the entrance of the Prontera Church (prontera 237 313):
For Acolyte class characters
Alberta NPC Guild Official, at the 6 o'clock area (alberta 129 59):
For Merchant class characters and Soul Linkers
Geffen NPC Academy Official, at the entrance of Geffen Tower (geffen 123 109):
For Magician class characters
Morocc NPC Girl, at the 6 o'clock area (morocc 155 56):
For Thief class characters and Star Gladiator
Payon NPC Guild Official, at the entrance of Archer Village (payon 231 323):
For Archer class characters and Taekwon Boy/Girl
2. Bring the Letter of Recommendation to a building at Morocc 8 o'clock and be greeted by NPC Sharp Looking Man (morocc 43 108).
3. Find the NPC Bar Master (que_job01 82 95) to ask about the mission.
4. Proceed to the inner room and enter the room on the left of NPC Tao. (*Players are given 4 minutes to remain in the room
5. Proceed to the designated spots to restore the Elements:
a. (moc_fild19 21 33), 7 o'clock direction, Great Nature*1 required
b. (moc_fild12 280 36), 5 o'clock direction, Flame Heart*1 required
c. (moc_fild10 281 148), center location, Rough Wind*1 required
d. (moc_fild07 192 166), center location, Mistic Frozen*1 required
Report back to NPC Lin after completing the assignment.
6. Proceed to the Inn (morocc 199 64) and find NPC Chief Assistant Shepete to gather information about the Tower of Thanatos.
7. Inform NPC Lin and will be requested not to inform NPC R regarding this.
8. Talk to NPC R and will be assigned to investigate the Tower of Thanatos. (Players will need to proceed until Step 6 of the Tower of Thanatos FAQ and read the text of the mechanism)
9. Return to Morocc. Meet NPC Lin at the entrance. Proceed to NPC R's room but will find it to be empty, but heard the conversation from NPC Lin.
10. Find NPC Lin and NPC Valdez and will hear the sound of ritual chanting.
11. Proceed to the Morocc Castle and find NPC Man (moc_castle 40 20). (Players will be sent to the next location after the conversation with the NPC)
12. Explore the passage and defeat all the monsters.
13. Talk to NPC Dandelion Comrade (que_job02 66 85) and proceed to look for NPC Lin.
14. Talk to NPC Kyd, NPC Lin and NPC Dandelion Comrade, and NPC R will summon monsters.
15. After defeating the monsters, return to Morocc to find NPC Lin, NPC Kyd and NPC Valdez to receive a Jewel Box as reward.
*property of eRO
1. Find the respective NPC, according to job classes, to receive the Letter of Recommendation.
Izlude NPC Guild Official, at the 8 o'clock area (izlude 103 106):
For Swordman class characters and Novice class characters
Prontera NPC Sanctuary Official, at the entrance of the Prontera Church (prontera 237 313):
For Acolyte class characters
Alberta NPC Guild Official, at the 6 o'clock area (alberta 129 59):
For Merchant class characters and Soul Linkers
Geffen NPC Academy Official, at the entrance of Geffen Tower (geffen 123 109):
For Magician class characters
Morocc NPC Girl, at the 6 o'clock area (morocc 155 56):
For Thief class characters and Star Gladiator
Payon NPC Guild Official, at the entrance of Archer Village (payon 231 323):
For Archer class characters and Taekwon Boy/Girl
2. Bring the Letter of Recommendation to a building at Morocc 8 o'clock and be greeted by NPC Sharp Looking Man (morocc 43 108).
3. Find the NPC Bar Master (que_job01 82 95) to ask about the mission.
4. Proceed to the inner room and enter the room on the left of NPC Tao. (*Players are given 4 minutes to remain in the room
5. Proceed to the designated spots to restore the Elements:
a. (moc_fild19 21 33), 7 o'clock direction, Great Nature*1 required
b. (moc_fild12 280 36), 5 o'clock direction, Flame Heart*1 required
c. (moc_fild10 281 148), center location, Rough Wind*1 required
d. (moc_fild07 192 166), center location, Mistic Frozen*1 required
Report back to NPC Lin after completing the assignment.
6. Proceed to the Inn (morocc 199 64) and find NPC Chief Assistant Shepete to gather information about the Tower of Thanatos.
7. Inform NPC Lin and will be requested not to inform NPC R regarding this.
8. Talk to NPC R and will be assigned to investigate the Tower of Thanatos. (Players will need to proceed until Step 6 of the Tower of Thanatos FAQ and read the text of the mechanism)
9. Return to Morocc. Meet NPC Lin at the entrance. Proceed to NPC R's room but will find it to be empty, but heard the conversation from NPC Lin.
10. Find NPC Lin and NPC Valdez and will hear the sound of ritual chanting.
11. Proceed to the Morocc Castle and find NPC Man (moc_castle 40 20). (Players will be sent to the next location after the conversation with the NPC)
12. Explore the passage and defeat all the monsters.
13. Talk to NPC Dandelion Comrade (que_job02 66 85) and proceed to look for NPC Lin.
14. Talk to NPC Kyd, NPC Lin and NPC Dandelion Comrade, and NPC R will summon monsters.
15. After defeating the monsters, return to Morocc to find NPC Lin, NPC Kyd and NPC Valdez to receive a Jewel Box as reward.
*property of eRO
Sonic Acceleration Quest/Noghaltz Quest
Episode Noghaltz just arrived on pRO. Here's a start for those who want's to do the Sonic Acceleration Quest/Venom Knife Quest. I'll update more later
Venom Knife
1. Proceed to the Assassin Guild and find NPC Assassin (in_moc_16 14 27).
2. Venom Knife learned!
Character would need to equip Venom Knife to use this skill. Item can be bought from NPC Creepy Looking Merchant (in_moc_16 22 20) in the Assassin Guild.
Sonic Acceleration
*Character must be Job Lv30 and above, or Assassin Cross to learn this skill.
*Character must have Sonic Blow to learn this skill.
1. Talk to NPC Assassin (in_moc_16 23 27) in the Assassin Guild.
2. Player will be assigned to undergo a mission to investigate certain areas for some valuable treasures at in_sphinx2 or moc_pyrd04. (a dialog box and several options will pop out for you to choose, the result is random)
3. After obtaining the required item, return to the NPC.
4. Sonic Acceleration learned!
possible location of treasure might be as follow:
in_sphinx2 259 213
in_sphinx2 212 267
in_sphinx2 13 163
in_sphinx2 13 146
moc_pryd04 85 96
Tip for SA questors
If a coffin you approach give you status aliments, stick to that coffin until you get the stone.
Venom Knife
1. Proceed to the Assassin Guild and find NPC Assassin (in_moc_16 14 27).
2. Venom Knife learned!
Character would need to equip Venom Knife to use this skill. Item can be bought from NPC Creepy Looking Merchant (in_moc_16 22 20) in the Assassin Guild.
Sonic Acceleration
*Character must be Job Lv30 and above, or Assassin Cross to learn this skill.
*Character must have Sonic Blow to learn this skill.
1. Talk to NPC Assassin (in_moc_16 23 27) in the Assassin Guild.
2. Player will be assigned to undergo a mission to investigate certain areas for some valuable treasures at in_sphinx2 or moc_pyrd04. (a dialog box and several options will pop out for you to choose, the result is random)
3. After obtaining the required item, return to the NPC.
4. Sonic Acceleration learned!
possible location of treasure might be as follow:
in_sphinx2 259 213
in_sphinx2 212 267
in_sphinx2 13 163
in_sphinx2 13 146
moc_pryd04 85 96
Tip for SA questors
If a coffin you approach give you status aliments, stick to that coffin until you get the stone.
Monday, September 25, 2006
You already use Bots. Be contented with it.
Ragnarok Online in the Philippines is a big success. With over 10,000 players on 1 server on its first launch, its no wonder the competition is stiff, and several players want to gain an “edge” to other players. This is where Bots come into picture. Bots are automated programs designed specifically for one purpose: to let you gain extra levels- even while sleeping. It became an epidemic and uncontrollable that Levelup!games, the company who hosts the game actually gave up in eradicating it. It’s no problem to players since almost all uses it anyway.
Bots alone is a form of cheating. But as I’ve said, it already became some sort of necessity in order to survive in the game. But some people wanted more. In my site alone, keywords like “Zenny Duplicators” and “Item generators” are common. To make things everything clear and shut the idiotic dreamers who think such programs exists, NO, IT DOES NOT EXIST! And to make to shut your sorry asses more, here’s a piece of question: You are bot. Now you actually want for forge/fake money? Isn’t pathetic? It kills the game you know
Bots alone is a form of cheating. But as I’ve said, it already became some sort of necessity in order to survive in the game. But some people wanted more. In my site alone, keywords like “Zenny Duplicators” and “Item generators” are common. To make things everything clear and shut the idiotic dreamers who think such programs exists, NO, IT DOES NOT EXIST! And to make to shut your sorry asses more, here’s a piece of question: You are bot. Now you actually want for forge/fake money? Isn’t pathetic? It kills the game you know
Philippine’s Combat Against Piracy a Big Joke
“Software piracy rate in the Philippines went down to 71% in 2004, a decrease of 1% from the 2003 level. However, losses due to software piracy increased to US$69 million (PhP3.7 billion) from US$55 million last year. In the Asia Pacific, 53% of the software installed on personal computers was pirated in 2004, the same level as in 2003, with losses increasing from US$7.5 billion to almost US$8 billion.” – BSA
Despite enormous publicity of government about piracy, their efforts are miniscule to be exactly called, uh, effort. I’ve seen countless breaking news of pirated stalls raided, and usually, it’s the same place as before - Greenhills. I cannot understand why stiff IP (Intellectual Property) laws as portrayed on T.V. cannot prevent the perpetrators from selling their illegal goods again. But one thing is certain, the fight against piracy in the Philippines is beginning to become a political tool-A mask perfect for gaining the people’s confidence to the government.
Filipino software programmers are discouraged to make programs- and they have reason to be. While most Filipino people buy Pirated movies and softwares instead of licensed ones, Software programmers cry as their masterpieces spread to every computer like a virus, without compensation. They won’t even get a thank you remark. For a common pirated buyer, this mean nothing to them. But for a developing country like the Philippines where ICT is a critical tool for success, it’s a big problem.
The government must employ stricter policies to combat this crime. Piracy is not something to be taken lightly. Php3.7 billion losses is not just a shimmering number. It shows how lame our policies are and our fight against piracy
Despite enormous publicity of government about piracy, their efforts are miniscule to be exactly called, uh, effort. I’ve seen countless breaking news of pirated stalls raided, and usually, it’s the same place as before - Greenhills. I cannot understand why stiff IP (Intellectual Property) laws as portrayed on T.V. cannot prevent the perpetrators from selling their illegal goods again. But one thing is certain, the fight against piracy in the Philippines is beginning to become a political tool-A mask perfect for gaining the people’s confidence to the government.
Filipino software programmers are discouraged to make programs- and they have reason to be. While most Filipino people buy Pirated movies and softwares instead of licensed ones, Software programmers cry as their masterpieces spread to every computer like a virus, without compensation. They won’t even get a thank you remark. For a common pirated buyer, this mean nothing to them. But for a developing country like the Philippines where ICT is a critical tool for success, it’s a big problem.
The government must employ stricter policies to combat this crime. Piracy is not something to be taken lightly. Php3.7 billion losses is not just a shimmering number. It shows how lame our policies are and our fight against piracy
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Assassin Cross Build
Ragnarok Game - Builds - Assassin Cross
I'm tired of seeing SB builds, SD builds. Heck, here's a hybrid guide!
For those planning to make an SB sinX, Here's my Build. This is still experimental and i'm still waiting for mine to reach Base 99/Job 70. So all here is still theoretical. Feel free to tweak it to suit your taste. (But don't make one the same as below. I still don't know what this build can do. Atleast not until mine reaches max level.)
Included a damage simulation with Orc Lord and Emperium using the weapons indicated and the build explanation below.
Damage Simulation with Orc Lord DD mode
Minimum Damage 3993(190)
Average Damage 4710(213.5)
Maximum Damage 5498(237)
Damage Per Second 9556.85
Minimum Number of Hits 47
Average Number of Hits 54
Maximum Number of Hits 64
Damage Simulation with Orc Lord SB mode
Minimum Damage 12665
Average Damage 14208
Maximum Damage 15743
Damage Per Second 7104
Minimum Number of Hits 25
Average Number of Hits 28
Maximum Number of Hits 32
Average Battle Durration 56s
Damage Simulation with Orc Lord SD mode (Using the same weapon for DD, assuming there's no time to equip +10 3 hardworking Saber on right hand)
Minimum Damage 9207(6900+2307)
Average Damage 10719(8150+2569)
Maximum Damage 12331(9500+2831)
Damage Per Second 3533.74
Minimum Number of Hits 32
Average Number of Hits 37
Maximum Number of Hits 43
Average Battle Durration 112.23s
Damage Simulation with Emperium (Dual Wielding Ice pick/+10 2 racial/size cards + Cursed water)
Minimum Damage 3766(162)
Average Damage 4161(172.5)
Maximum Damage 4614(183)
Damage Per Second 8421.74
Minimum Number of Hits 10
Average Number of Hits 11
Maximum Number of Hits 12
Average Battle Durration 8.37s
Damage Simulation with Orc Lord, GT mode
Minimum Damage 2585
Average Damage 3109
Maximum Damage 3627
Damage Per Second 5757.41
Minimum Number of Hits 109
Average Number of Hits 127
Maximum Number of Hits 153
Average Battle Durration 68.58s
Build:
Str 95 + 25 = 120
Int 30 + 10 = 40
Agi 55 + 15 = 70
Dex 58 + 22 = 80
Vit 47 + 3 = 50
Luk 2 + 8 = 10
All stats boosted with Blessing
ASPD when dual wielding: 161.9 with awakes
ASPD when katar: 172.8
HP 13226
SP 765
Accesories:
2 GoMs
Weapons DD mode - +10 2 racial damascus, Ice pick
Weapons SB Mode - +9 Infiltrator
Key Skills:
KM 10
AdKM 5
SD 10
Right Mastery 5
Left Mastery 0 (Not worth getting, IMO)
EDP 5
GT 5
Build explanation:
Vit is kept to lowest i can tolerate to avoid 1 Shot Acid Bomb
Luk is raised to 2 for perfect dodge bonus, making the final stat point 0
Dex is kept to mid, waiting for Noghaltz' Sonic Acceleration quest skill
Left Hand Mastery is kept to 0 and replaced by GT. Damage difference between level 5 LH Mastery and level 0 LH Mastery is 400+ with EDP, meaning 100 w/o EDP.
Another Reason:
Maximum no. of hit against Orc Lord with Level 5 LH Mastery is 61 Hits
Maximum no. of hit against Orc Lord with Level 0 LH Mastery is 64 Hits
A 3-Hit difference. O.o
Damage Analysis:
Damage is high, but Pure builds will definately have higher. Good thing about this build is all offensive skills do quite fair damage, All have good DPM. Meaning with proper handling, you can outdone a pure sinX build on combat.
I did a damage test on PvP with EDP-SB using +4 Infiltrator. At lvl 78 SB reaches 1.6k per hit, 4000-5000 SD using Infiltrator. Haven't tried going DD though. That's STILL without the proposed accesories and weapons.
Potential Damage can still be higher. I didn't include stat increasing headgears. Because this is a hybrid build. You can't stick to one headgear.
Blessing is the only damage increasing support skill included. Meaning you can still have higher damage with other support skills such as Impositio Manus from Priests/HPs , Endow Elements from Sages/Scholars, Provoke from the Knight class and other support skills.
Additional damage can be attained from Sonic Acceleration.
P.S.
Again, this are all still theoretical
Legal Crap
Credits to Doddlercon calculator and my damage test dummies
Feel free to distribute it. Just don't forget to include this link or i'll screw your ass
-Stealth
I'm tired of seeing SB builds, SD builds. Heck, here's a hybrid guide!
For those planning to make an SB sinX, Here's my Build. This is still experimental and i'm still waiting for mine to reach Base 99/Job 70. So all here is still theoretical. Feel free to tweak it to suit your taste. (But don't make one the same as below. I still don't know what this build can do. Atleast not until mine reaches max level.)
Included a damage simulation with Orc Lord and Emperium using the weapons indicated and the build explanation below.
Damage Simulation with Orc Lord DD mode
Minimum Damage 3993(190)
Average Damage 4710(213.5)
Maximum Damage 5498(237)
Damage Per Second 9556.85
Minimum Number of Hits 47
Average Number of Hits 54
Maximum Number of Hits 64
Damage Simulation with Orc Lord SB mode
Minimum Damage 12665
Average Damage 14208
Maximum Damage 15743
Damage Per Second 7104
Minimum Number of Hits 25
Average Number of Hits 28
Maximum Number of Hits 32
Average Battle Durration 56s
Damage Simulation with Orc Lord SD mode (Using the same weapon for DD, assuming there's no time to equip +10 3 hardworking Saber on right hand)
Minimum Damage 9207(6900+2307)
Average Damage 10719(8150+2569)
Maximum Damage 12331(9500+2831)
Damage Per Second 3533.74
Minimum Number of Hits 32
Average Number of Hits 37
Maximum Number of Hits 43
Average Battle Durration 112.23s
Damage Simulation with Emperium (Dual Wielding Ice pick/+10 2 racial/size cards + Cursed water)
Minimum Damage 3766(162)
Average Damage 4161(172.5)
Maximum Damage 4614(183)
Damage Per Second 8421.74
Minimum Number of Hits 10
Average Number of Hits 11
Maximum Number of Hits 12
Average Battle Durration 8.37s
Damage Simulation with Orc Lord, GT mode
Minimum Damage 2585
Average Damage 3109
Maximum Damage 3627
Damage Per Second 5757.41
Minimum Number of Hits 109
Average Number of Hits 127
Maximum Number of Hits 153
Average Battle Durration 68.58s
Build:
Str 95 + 25 = 120
Int 30 + 10 = 40
Agi 55 + 15 = 70
Dex 58 + 22 = 80
Vit 47 + 3 = 50
Luk 2 + 8 = 10
All stats boosted with Blessing
ASPD when dual wielding: 161.9 with awakes
ASPD when katar: 172.8
HP 13226
SP 765
Accesories:
2 GoMs
Weapons DD mode - +10 2 racial damascus, Ice pick
Weapons SB Mode - +9 Infiltrator
Key Skills:
KM 10
AdKM 5
SD 10
Right Mastery 5
Left Mastery 0 (Not worth getting, IMO)
EDP 5
GT 5
Build explanation:
Vit is kept to lowest i can tolerate to avoid 1 Shot Acid Bomb
Luk is raised to 2 for perfect dodge bonus, making the final stat point 0
Dex is kept to mid, waiting for Noghaltz' Sonic Acceleration quest skill
Left Hand Mastery is kept to 0 and replaced by GT. Damage difference between level 5 LH Mastery and level 0 LH Mastery is 400+ with EDP, meaning 100 w/o EDP.
Another Reason:
Maximum no. of hit against Orc Lord with Level 5 LH Mastery is 61 Hits
Maximum no. of hit against Orc Lord with Level 0 LH Mastery is 64 Hits
A 3-Hit difference. O.o
Damage Analysis:
Damage is high, but Pure builds will definately have higher. Good thing about this build is all offensive skills do quite fair damage, All have good DPM. Meaning with proper handling, you can outdone a pure sinX build on combat.
I did a damage test on PvP with EDP-SB using +4 Infiltrator. At lvl 78 SB reaches 1.6k per hit, 4000-5000 SD using Infiltrator. Haven't tried going DD though. That's STILL without the proposed accesories and weapons.
Potential Damage can still be higher. I didn't include stat increasing headgears. Because this is a hybrid build. You can't stick to one headgear.
Blessing is the only damage increasing support skill included. Meaning you can still have higher damage with other support skills such as Impositio Manus from Priests/HPs , Endow Elements from Sages/Scholars, Provoke from the Knight class and other support skills.
Additional damage can be attained from Sonic Acceleration.
P.S.
Again, this are all still theoretical
Legal Crap
Credits to Doddlercon calculator and my damage test dummies
Feel free to distribute it. Just don't forget to include this link or i'll screw your ass
-Stealth
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Levelup Games is Dying
Another sign of a dying gaming company is the presence of the Google Ads in the Levelup! Games official website. . Though the company is still currently the major pay-per-play company in the Philippines, the constant decrease of population of its flagship game, Ragnarok Online is obviously contributing in Levelup! Games’ decrease in revenue. Google Ads, are targeted advertisements from Google’s program called Adsense. Advertisers pay the Publishers (Which in this case the Levelup! Games website) to display these advertisements and in turn get paid for it. Though it is not an issue that the company implemented this, it’s starting to contradict their rules and regulations regarding their games. Commonly, these targeted Ads displays “Selling online games currencies” Which does not only includes Ragnarok Online’s zenny, but other MMORPG currencies as well. It is clearly stated on their Policies that these kind of trades are illegal. The policy clearly stated that:
What is Illegal Trading?
Illegal Trading is to exchange Ragnarok Online items, zenies, or accounts with real money or goods; or to swap Ragnarok Online items, zenies, or characters from one account in a server for items, zenies, or characters in another account and server.
Current List of Illegal Trades:
· RO item for real money is illegal
· RO item in one server for RO item in another server is illegal
· RO account for real money is illegal
· RO characters in one server for RO characters in another server is
illegal
· RO Load for RO item / zeny is illegal
· ISP Card for RO item / zeny is illegal
· Cel Card for RO item / zeny is illegal
· Zeny for real money is illegal
· Zeny in one server for item / zeny in another server is illegal
*Taken from Levelup! Official Website.
http://www.ragnarok.ph/dv_illegaltrading.php
Bots, which the company is allegedly trying to eradicate are being promoted on the Ads as well.
It is an act of desperation? Judge by yourself.
Just my two cents
What is Illegal Trading?
Illegal Trading is to exchange Ragnarok Online items, zenies, or accounts with real money or goods; or to swap Ragnarok Online items, zenies, or characters from one account in a server for items, zenies, or characters in another account and server.
Current List of Illegal Trades:
· RO item for real money is illegal
· RO item in one server for RO item in another server is illegal
· RO account for real money is illegal
· RO characters in one server for RO characters in another server is
illegal
· RO Load for RO item / zeny is illegal
· ISP Card for RO item / zeny is illegal
· Cel Card for RO item / zeny is illegal
· Zeny for real money is illegal
· Zeny in one server for item / zeny in another server is illegal
*Taken from Levelup! Official Website.
http://www.ragnarok.ph/dv_illegaltrading.php
Bots, which the company is allegedly trying to eradicate are being promoted on the Ads as well.
It is an act of desperation? Judge by yourself.
Just my two cents
Monday, August 07, 2006
Testing your Internet Speed
Why Test? Testing how fast your internet connection speed lets you know that you're getting the most out of your Internet Service Provider. If you happen to experience slow pageloads, downloads and uploads, you can use the data you gathered from internet speed tests when you report you problem to your ISP. There are a lot of bandwidth tests available on the internet. But one of my favorite is the one by auditmypc.com
http://www.auditmypc.com/internet-speed-test.asp
It gives you a nice graph where your connection speed falls. The graph shows both download and upload speed. I got a rating of 445kbps out of my max 512kbps connection. Not bad at all. Try it out. Most cust care reps get intimidated when the caller knows their exact internet connection speed rating. lol
http://www.auditmypc.com/internet-speed-test.asp
It gives you a nice graph where your connection speed falls. The graph shows both download and upload speed. I got a rating of 445kbps out of my max 512kbps connection. Not bad at all. Try it out. Most cust care reps get intimidated when the caller knows their exact internet connection speed rating. lol
Globelines Wiz and Worldpass – going WI-FI
Let’s define first what these services are
So what is Worldpass? It allows you to use your existing Globelines Internet service, whether it’s dialup or broadband. Or WIFI
And what it Wiz? Wiz stands for Wireless Internet Zone. It lets you connect to the Internet via WIFI enabled laptop, PDA, or cellphone.
The good thing about this service is you can use your existing internet service and connect to the internet wherever you are. Sounds cool eh? But you need to have the proper equipment. But if you already have it, let’s move to configuration
For manual Wi-Fi configuration:
1. Set the SSID/Network Name of the Wireless LAN enabled device to “GlobeQUEST”. For MAC users, enter the DNS server configuration as (Primary DNS: 203.177.255.10 ; Secondary DNS: 203.127.225.10)
2. Launch the Internet Browser and enter a website you wish to go to
(i.e., www.globelines.com.ph or any other website).
3. A login page will appear to prompt for your User ID and Password. Type in your user ID, followed by “@globelines.com.ph” for Luzon or “@visayas.globelines.com.ph” for Visayas. Example: subscriber@globelines.com.ph) Type in your password.
4. Upon successful authentication, the webpage of your requested URL will appear and you will be connected to Internet. If not, type in the website again.
5. To end your internet session, press “Logout” or type in “http://logout.globquest.com.ph” in the browser window you are using.
For automatic Wi-Fi modems:
General Instructions for WINDOWS XP:
1. Double-click on the Wireless Network Connection icon on the task bar.
2. Click Properties
3. Click the Wireless Network tab.
4. Under Available Networks, select GlobeQUEST and click Configure
5. In the Network Name (SSID) box, enter globequest (all lowercase) and click OK.
6. Click OK again and Close.
Oh btw, going WIFI doesn’t necessarily means that you can go surfing the web from like, mars or something. You need to be in a Hotspot zone in order to use them. As of now, hotspots are located only at
Ayala Center Cebu
Ayala Greenbelt 2
Ayala Greenbelt 3
Coffee Beanery, Greenbelt 3
Cebu City Sports Club
Greenhills Theatre Mall
Mactan Shangri-La Hotel
Pioneer Highlands
RCBC EAT Food Court
Globelines are implementing hotspots in these area soon
Fontana Leisure Park
Fontana Convention Center
Kaya Restaurant, Rockwell
Kelly Blue Café
University of Asia and the Pacific
The Hub, Podium Mall
Bo's Coffee, Davao
Paseo De Santa Rosa
*Configuration came from globe
So what is Worldpass? It allows you to use your existing Globelines Internet service, whether it’s dialup or broadband. Or WIFI
And what it Wiz? Wiz stands for Wireless Internet Zone. It lets you connect to the Internet via WIFI enabled laptop, PDA, or cellphone.
The good thing about this service is you can use your existing internet service and connect to the internet wherever you are. Sounds cool eh? But you need to have the proper equipment. But if you already have it, let’s move to configuration
For manual Wi-Fi configuration:
1. Set the SSID/Network Name of the Wireless LAN enabled device to “GlobeQUEST”. For MAC users, enter the DNS server configuration as (Primary DNS: 203.177.255.10 ; Secondary DNS: 203.127.225.10)
2. Launch the Internet Browser and enter a website you wish to go to
(i.e., www.globelines.com.ph or any other website).
3. A login page will appear to prompt for your User ID and Password. Type in your user ID, followed by “@globelines.com.ph” for Luzon or “@visayas.globelines.com.ph” for Visayas. Example: subscriber@globelines.com.ph) Type in your password.
4. Upon successful authentication, the webpage of your requested URL will appear and you will be connected to Internet. If not, type in the website again.
5. To end your internet session, press “Logout” or type in “http://logout.globquest.com.ph” in the browser window you are using.
For automatic Wi-Fi modems:
General Instructions for WINDOWS XP:
1. Double-click on the Wireless Network Connection icon on the task bar.
2. Click Properties
3. Click the Wireless Network tab.
4. Under Available Networks, select GlobeQUEST and click Configure
5. In the Network Name (SSID) box, enter globequest (all lowercase) and click OK.
6. Click OK again and Close.
Oh btw, going WIFI doesn’t necessarily means that you can go surfing the web from like, mars or something. You need to be in a Hotspot zone in order to use them. As of now, hotspots are located only at
Ayala Center Cebu
Ayala Greenbelt 2
Ayala Greenbelt 3
Coffee Beanery, Greenbelt 3
Cebu City Sports Club
Greenhills Theatre Mall
Mactan Shangri-La Hotel
Pioneer Highlands
RCBC EAT Food Court
Globelines are implementing hotspots in these area soon
Fontana Leisure Park
Fontana Convention Center
Kaya Restaurant, Rockwell
Kelly Blue Café
University of Asia and the Pacific
The Hub, Podium Mall
Bo's Coffee, Davao
Paseo De Santa Rosa
*Configuration came from globe
Sunday, August 06, 2006
New Intel Processors Released
Intel being the world's leader in microprocessor industry released two new processors last june, namely
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor and Inter Core Extreme Processor
Both processors consists of two cores, (Duo = Dual Core. Well i'm guessing here. But the name suggests it anyway) which allows a better multitasking, 2 MiB L2 cache, and an arbiter bus that controls both L2 cache and FSB access. Intel says that future stepping will include the ability to disable one core when its use is unnecessary to conserve power.
Now since it's like, 3:30AM here, i won't be reviewing this one for now. Lol. I just got excited about it and i wanted to let thw whole world to know.
Click here for more detailed overview it
Saturday, August 05, 2006
Computer Maintenance 101
People tend to spend a lot of money on paid computer technicians when their computer is getting cranky. But the thing is, the most common errors on a computer is due to reckless use of it without performing any maintenance. Maintaining your computer is just as easy as you browsing your favorite porn. (No pun intended.) As the saying goes, prevention is better than cure.
So what exactly do a totally noobie computer guy can do to maintain a computer? Below, I’ll list some of the things you need to do. So read and save that money.
Defragment!
Over time you pc gets fragmented. So okay, what’s fragmentation? Fragmentation is the scattering of data over a disk caused by successive insert, update and delete operations. This eventually results in slow data access times, as the disk needs to do more work to construct a contiguous copy of the data on disk. Database reorganization is sometimes required to fix fragmentation problems.
There are several good softwares out there that do the defragmentation for you. In fact, All versions of Windows have a built-in defragmentation software. If you’re using WindowsXP, follow the following to initiate defragmentation.
1. Go to Start Menu
2. Go to Accessories then System Tools
3. Under the System tools, click Disk Defragmenter.
4. Just click defragment and wait for it to finish.
That’s it! One maintenance work done. By the way, you can also download dedicated defragmentation software for your computer. A good example is the diskkeeper program. Just Google it and you’ll find it easy. Dedicated defragmentation programs tend to be more efficient, better, have more features and faster than the standard Windows Defrag software. But it’s up to you.
So what’s next?
Antivirus Programs
If your computer is only an office computer who has no access to the World Wide Web, then you’re free to skip this one. (But you have Internet access or else you won’t be reading this lol) Antivirus programs are very very very important. I cannot state this hard enough. Once you’re connected to the Internet, viruses can easily penetrate your computer and destroy your files. If you have a newly bought computer, make sure that you have a good anti virus installed on your computer before going online.
Firewalls
Another malicious program to watch put for are Trojan Horses, Spywares, and adwares. What do these things do? Well, for one, a Trojan can manipulate your files, Shutdown you computer remotely, or even format it. Spywares and adwares can collect personal information stored on your computer like credit card information, address, etc. So, how to stop them?
A good firewall can. Pick one that is continuously updated and has customer support. Windows XP already has a built-in firewall. But I definitely recommend having a dedicated firewall. A good example is Zone alarm. It’s free to download! Just search it.
Anti spyware/Adware
It’s always good to have a strong protection against threats. Anti spywares and adwares can eliminate those who got in to your computer. Even if you have a firewall, it’s better to remove those malicious programs rather than just preventing them to send their collected information back to the Internet.
Proxy Servers
So what are proxies?
A proxy server is a computer network service, which allows clients to make indirect network connections to other network services. A client connects to the proxy server, and then requests a connection, file, or other resource available on a different server. The proxy provides the resource, possibly by connecting to the specified server, or by serving it from a cache. In some cases, the proxy may alter the client's request or the server's response for various purposes
In layman’s term, it hides you. It protects your identity by hiding you IP Address. (Internet Protocol)
We’ll discuss Proxies in another article. That’s it for now!
So what exactly do a totally noobie computer guy can do to maintain a computer? Below, I’ll list some of the things you need to do. So read and save that money.
Defragment!
Over time you pc gets fragmented. So okay, what’s fragmentation? Fragmentation is the scattering of data over a disk caused by successive insert, update and delete operations. This eventually results in slow data access times, as the disk needs to do more work to construct a contiguous copy of the data on disk. Database reorganization is sometimes required to fix fragmentation problems.
There are several good softwares out there that do the defragmentation for you. In fact, All versions of Windows have a built-in defragmentation software. If you’re using WindowsXP, follow the following to initiate defragmentation.
1. Go to Start Menu
2. Go to Accessories then System Tools
3. Under the System tools, click Disk Defragmenter.
4. Just click defragment and wait for it to finish.
That’s it! One maintenance work done. By the way, you can also download dedicated defragmentation software for your computer. A good example is the diskkeeper program. Just Google it and you’ll find it easy. Dedicated defragmentation programs tend to be more efficient, better, have more features and faster than the standard Windows Defrag software. But it’s up to you.
So what’s next?
Antivirus Programs
If your computer is only an office computer who has no access to the World Wide Web, then you’re free to skip this one. (But you have Internet access or else you won’t be reading this lol) Antivirus programs are very very very important. I cannot state this hard enough. Once you’re connected to the Internet, viruses can easily penetrate your computer and destroy your files. If you have a newly bought computer, make sure that you have a good anti virus installed on your computer before going online.
Firewalls
Another malicious program to watch put for are Trojan Horses, Spywares, and adwares. What do these things do? Well, for one, a Trojan can manipulate your files, Shutdown you computer remotely, or even format it. Spywares and adwares can collect personal information stored on your computer like credit card information, address, etc. So, how to stop them?
A good firewall can. Pick one that is continuously updated and has customer support. Windows XP already has a built-in firewall. But I definitely recommend having a dedicated firewall. A good example is Zone alarm. It’s free to download! Just search it.
Anti spyware/Adware
It’s always good to have a strong protection against threats. Anti spywares and adwares can eliminate those who got in to your computer. Even if you have a firewall, it’s better to remove those malicious programs rather than just preventing them to send their collected information back to the Internet.
Proxy Servers
So what are proxies?
A proxy server is a computer network service, which allows clients to make indirect network connections to other network services. A client connects to the proxy server, and then requests a connection, file, or other resource available on a different server. The proxy provides the resource, possibly by connecting to the specified server, or by serving it from a cache. In some cases, the proxy may alter the client's request or the server's response for various purposes
In layman’s term, it hides you. It protects your identity by hiding you IP Address. (Internet Protocol)
We’ll discuss Proxies in another article. That’s it for now!
Three most downloaded Antivirus
The Antivirus competition
I’ve downloaded and evaluated several Antivirus software available on the Internet. All of them perform great, the only differences are the features which if you look carefully, and they only differ on names. I’m about to download a Free Antivirus I’ve heard from a friend when I saw its download count. Then I thought, would such free software like this affecting their paid counter parts? In a way of course it does! But the point is, is it killing them? Oh what the heck! Who cares about it. Anyway I made a comparison between the three most popular antivirus software available on the net. I ranked them in ascending order
1. AVG Free Edition by Grisoft
AVG Free Edition is the well-known antivirus protection tool. AVG Free is available free of charge to home users for the life of the product. Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the high level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers. AVG Free is easy to use and will not slow your system down (low system resource requirements). Highlights include automatic update functionality, the AVG Resident Shield, which provides real-time protection as files are opened and programs are run, free Virus Database Updates for the lifetime of the product, and AVG Virus Vault for safe handling of infected files.
We’ll be basing the popularity of the products observing how many people downloads it.
AVG, ranks number 1. with 4,404,671 votes!
2. McAfee VirusScan
With fast, always-on protection, new McAfee VirusScan lets you surf, e-mail, download and chat with less worry about viruses, spyware, worms, Trojan horses and other malicious threats. Proven PC security recognized with an "Editor's Choice" award from PCMag.com (August 2005), McAfee VirusScan downloads and installs in minutes, then automatically looks for known and unknown viruses in both inbound and outbound e-mail, as well as downloads, discs, CD-ROMs, DVDs and throughout your PC. If problems are found, VirusScan immediately attempts to clean, quarantine or delete the infections. Pro-active spyware blocking on access also stops potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) like key-loggers from trying to install or launch on your system before they can steal personal information. Best of all, McAfee VirusScan automatically updates your anti- virus protection daily, for zero-hour protection from the latest threats. Plus, it scans for viruses in messages and attachments in the most popular e-mail clients and instant messaging programs, including MS Outlook, Outlook Express, Netscape Mail, Eudora and others. You also get ScriptStopper and WormStopper, which block fast-spreading, script-based viruses and mass-mailing worms. Proven security, McAfee VirusScan is the easy, automatic way to help keep your PC virus-free.
McAfee VirusScan ranks 2nd 1,300,191 votes
3. Norton AntiVirus 2005
Norton AntiVirus 2005 automatically keeps virus definitions updated to provide continuous Internet and e-mail protection. It combines virus-detection capabilities with updating and scanning technologies to make it easy for users to secure their systems against malicious code. Norton AntiVirus also is an integral component of Symantec Norton SystemWorks 2005 suite. It guards against malicious code in ActiveX controls and Java applets as well as against worms, Trojan horses, and password stealers. The application's key features include automatic checking for and updating of virus definitions; pop-up messages if virus definitions become dangerously out-of-date; automatic scanning of program and document files as they are downloaded; compressed file-scanning; automatic scanning of e-mail attachments before the user saves, launches, or otherwise accesses the attachments; an enhanced interface that integrates an e-mail/Web status panel for easy configuration; and a bootable CD providing easy recovery after a virus emergency.
Norton AntiVirus 2005 adds expanded threat detection alerts which alert you to non-virus threats, such as spyware and keystroke logging programs, and scans compressed file archives before you open them and risk infecting your computer.
Norton AntiVirus 2005 ranks 3rd with only 417,116 votes.
But popularity by basing the number of people who downloads it is not enough to justify it’s reliability. Based on experience, I download a seemingly great product because of it’s glowing description but end up uninstalling it the moment I saw it. Ahh.. The power of Marketing. If I’m going to rank the three products below based on experience, I’ll rank them as follows
1st McAffee
2nd Norton
3rd AVG
Why? McAffee and Norton generally have good graphical user interface which is extremely user-friendly. I’m not saying that Grisoft’s AVG Antivirus software has a crappy GUI. Heck no. But comparing AVG to Norton and McAffee, it’s interface is quite inferior.
I’ve downloaded and evaluated several Antivirus software available on the Internet. All of them perform great, the only differences are the features which if you look carefully, and they only differ on names. I’m about to download a Free Antivirus I’ve heard from a friend when I saw its download count. Then I thought, would such free software like this affecting their paid counter parts? In a way of course it does! But the point is, is it killing them? Oh what the heck! Who cares about it. Anyway I made a comparison between the three most popular antivirus software available on the net. I ranked them in ascending order
1. AVG Free Edition by Grisoft
AVG Free Edition is the well-known antivirus protection tool. AVG Free is available free of charge to home users for the life of the product. Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the high level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers. AVG Free is easy to use and will not slow your system down (low system resource requirements). Highlights include automatic update functionality, the AVG Resident Shield, which provides real-time protection as files are opened and programs are run, free Virus Database Updates for the lifetime of the product, and AVG Virus Vault for safe handling of infected files.
We’ll be basing the popularity of the products observing how many people downloads it.
AVG, ranks number 1. with 4,404,671 votes!
2. McAfee VirusScan
With fast, always-on protection, new McAfee VirusScan lets you surf, e-mail, download and chat with less worry about viruses, spyware, worms, Trojan horses and other malicious threats. Proven PC security recognized with an "Editor's Choice" award from PCMag.com (August 2005), McAfee VirusScan downloads and installs in minutes, then automatically looks for known and unknown viruses in both inbound and outbound e-mail, as well as downloads, discs, CD-ROMs, DVDs and throughout your PC. If problems are found, VirusScan immediately attempts to clean, quarantine or delete the infections. Pro-active spyware blocking on access also stops potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) like key-loggers from trying to install or launch on your system before they can steal personal information. Best of all, McAfee VirusScan automatically updates your anti- virus protection daily, for zero-hour protection from the latest threats. Plus, it scans for viruses in messages and attachments in the most popular e-mail clients and instant messaging programs, including MS Outlook, Outlook Express, Netscape Mail, Eudora and others. You also get ScriptStopper and WormStopper, which block fast-spreading, script-based viruses and mass-mailing worms. Proven security, McAfee VirusScan is the easy, automatic way to help keep your PC virus-free.
McAfee VirusScan ranks 2nd 1,300,191 votes
3. Norton AntiVirus 2005
Norton AntiVirus 2005 automatically keeps virus definitions updated to provide continuous Internet and e-mail protection. It combines virus-detection capabilities with updating and scanning technologies to make it easy for users to secure their systems against malicious code. Norton AntiVirus also is an integral component of Symantec Norton SystemWorks 2005 suite. It guards against malicious code in ActiveX controls and Java applets as well as against worms, Trojan horses, and password stealers. The application's key features include automatic checking for and updating of virus definitions; pop-up messages if virus definitions become dangerously out-of-date; automatic scanning of program and document files as they are downloaded; compressed file-scanning; automatic scanning of e-mail attachments before the user saves, launches, or otherwise accesses the attachments; an enhanced interface that integrates an e-mail/Web status panel for easy configuration; and a bootable CD providing easy recovery after a virus emergency.
Norton AntiVirus 2005 adds expanded threat detection alerts which alert you to non-virus threats, such as spyware and keystroke logging programs, and scans compressed file archives before you open them and risk infecting your computer.
Norton AntiVirus 2005 ranks 3rd with only 417,116 votes.
But popularity by basing the number of people who downloads it is not enough to justify it’s reliability. Based on experience, I download a seemingly great product because of it’s glowing description but end up uninstalling it the moment I saw it. Ahh.. The power of Marketing. If I’m going to rank the three products below based on experience, I’ll rank them as follows
1st McAffee
2nd Norton
3rd AVG
Why? McAffee and Norton generally have good graphical user interface which is extremely user-friendly. I’m not saying that Grisoft’s AVG Antivirus software has a crappy GUI. Heck no. But comparing AVG to Norton and McAffee, it’s interface is quite inferior.
Friday, August 04, 2006
What are google bots?
I've been browsing through the internet and found this interesting piece of info. Geesh. I never thought of this one too. This is for all webmasters out there. Read out!
Copyright © 2006 Kim Roach, All Rights Reserved
SEO-News
http://www.seo-news.com
Google currently indexes over 8 billion web pages. However,
before these pages were placed in the index, they were each
crawled by a special spider known as the GoogleBot.
Unfortunately, many web masters do not know about the internal
workings of this virtual robot.
In fact, Google actually uses a number of spiders to crawl the
Web. You can catch these spiders by examining your log files.
This article will attempt to reveal some of the most important
Google spiders, their function, and how they affect you as a web
master. We'll start with the well-known GoogleBot.
GoogleBot
Googlebot, as you probably know, is the search bot used by Google
to scour the web for new pages. Googlebot has two versions,
deepbot and freshbot. Deepbot is a deep crawler that tries to
follow every link on the web and download as many pages as it can
for the Google index. It also examines the internal structure of
a site, giving a complete picture for the index.
Freshbot, on the other hand, is a newer bot that crawls the web
looking for fresh content. The Google freshbot was implemented to
take some of the pressure off of the GoogleBot. The freshbot
recalls pages already in the index and then crawls them for new,
modified, or updated pages. In this way, Google is better
equipped to keep up with the ever-changing Web.
This means that the more you update your web site with new,
quality content, the more the Googlebot will come by to
check you out.
If you’d like to see the Googlebot crawling around your web
property more often, you need to obtain quality inbound links.
However, there is also one more step that you should take. If you
haven't already done so, you should create a Google Sitemap for
your site.
Creating a Google sitemap allows you to communicate with Google,
telling them about your most important pages, new pages, and
updated pages. In return, Google will provide you with some
valuable information as well. Google Sitemaps will tell you
about pages it was unable to crawl and links it was unable to
follow. This allows you to pinpoint problems and fix them so that
you can gain increased exposure in the search results.
The next Google bot in our lineup is known as the MediaBot.
MediaBot - used to analyze Adsense pages
useragent: Mediapartners-Google
MediaBot is the Google crawler for Adsense Publishers. Mediabot
is used to determine wich ads Google should display on Adsense
pages.
Google recommends that webmasters specifically add a command in
their robots.txt file that grants Mediabot access to their entire
site. To do this, simply enter the following code into your
robots.txt file:
User-agent: Mediapartners-Google*
Disallow:
This will ensure that the MediaBot is able to place relevant
Adsense ads on your site.
Keep in mind that ads can still be shown on a page if the
MediaBot has not yet visited. If that is the case, the ads chosen
will be based on the overall theme of the other pages on the site.
If no ads can be chosen, the dreaded public service announcements
are displayed instead.
There is an ongoing debate over whether or not the MediaBot is
giving websites with Adsense an advantage in the search engines.
Even Matt Cutts has confirmed that the Adsense Mediabot has
indexed webpages for Google's main index.
He states,"Pages with AdSense will not be indexed more
frequently. It's literally just a crawl cache, so if e.g. our
news crawl fetched a page and then Googlebot wanted the same
page, we'd retrieve the page from the crawl cache. But there's no
boost at all in rankings if you're in AdSense or Google News. You
don't get any more pages crawled either."
Matt Cutts claims that your website does not get any advantage
by using Adsense. However, in my mind, simply getting your site
updated in and of itself is an advantage.
This is very similar to Google Analytics, which also promotes a
slightly higher degree of spider activity.
Those who run Google Analytics on their site can expect
additional spider activity.
However, you certainly shouldn't depend on any of these tools
for getting your site indexed. The key to frequent spidering is
having quality inbound links, quality content, and frequent
updates.
Have images on your site? If so, you have likely been visited by
our next Google spider, the ImageBot.
ImageBot - used to crawl for the Image Search
useragent: GoogleBot-Image
The Imagebot prowls the Web for images to place in Google's image
search. Images are ranked based upon their filename, surrounding
text, alt text, and page title.
If you have a website that is primarily image based, then you
would definitely want to optimize your images to receive some
extra Google traffic.
On the other hand, some web sites may not benefit from Google
image search. In most cases, the traffic from the Image search
engine is very low quality and rarely converts into buyers. Many
people are often just looking for images that they can swipe. So,
if you want to save some bandwidth, use your robots.txt file to
block ImageBot from accessing your image directory.
One of the few exceptions might be if you have a site dedicated
to downloadable images.
Our final bot is completely dedicated to the Google Adwords
program.
AdsBot - Checks Adwords landing pages for quality
useragent: AdsBot-Google
AdsBot is one of Google's newest spiders. This new crawler is
used to analyze the content of advertising landing pages, which
helps determing the Quality score that Google assigns to your
ads.
Google uses this Quality score in combination with the amount
you bid to determine the position of your ads. Therefore, ads
with a high quality score can rank higher even if other
advertisers are paying more than you.
This is one of Google's many efforts to ensure that they are
delivering the best results to their users.
Can you still block being spidered? Of course, but it will lower
your overall Adwords quality score, which could end up lowering
the positioning of your ads. If possible, it is best to give
AdsBot complete access to your site.
Today's Google bots are becoming more advanced all the time.
However, nothing beats relevant, quality, updated content.
Deliver that and the search engines will eat it up.
Copyright © 2006 Kim Roach, All Rights Reserved
SEO-News
http://www.seo-news.com
Google currently indexes over 8 billion web pages. However,
before these pages were placed in the index, they were each
crawled by a special spider known as the GoogleBot.
Unfortunately, many web masters do not know about the internal
workings of this virtual robot.
In fact, Google actually uses a number of spiders to crawl the
Web. You can catch these spiders by examining your log files.
This article will attempt to reveal some of the most important
Google spiders, their function, and how they affect you as a web
master. We'll start with the well-known GoogleBot.
GoogleBot
Googlebot, as you probably know, is the search bot used by Google
to scour the web for new pages. Googlebot has two versions,
deepbot and freshbot. Deepbot is a deep crawler that tries to
follow every link on the web and download as many pages as it can
for the Google index. It also examines the internal structure of
a site, giving a complete picture for the index.
Freshbot, on the other hand, is a newer bot that crawls the web
looking for fresh content. The Google freshbot was implemented to
take some of the pressure off of the GoogleBot. The freshbot
recalls pages already in the index and then crawls them for new,
modified, or updated pages. In this way, Google is better
equipped to keep up with the ever-changing Web.
This means that the more you update your web site with new,
quality content, the more the Googlebot will come by to
check you out.
If you’d like to see the Googlebot crawling around your web
property more often, you need to obtain quality inbound links.
However, there is also one more step that you should take. If you
haven't already done so, you should create a Google Sitemap for
your site.
Creating a Google sitemap allows you to communicate with Google,
telling them about your most important pages, new pages, and
updated pages. In return, Google will provide you with some
valuable information as well. Google Sitemaps will tell you
about pages it was unable to crawl and links it was unable to
follow. This allows you to pinpoint problems and fix them so that
you can gain increased exposure in the search results.
The next Google bot in our lineup is known as the MediaBot.
MediaBot - used to analyze Adsense pages
useragent: Mediapartners-Google
MediaBot is the Google crawler for Adsense Publishers. Mediabot
is used to determine wich ads Google should display on Adsense
pages.
Google recommends that webmasters specifically add a command in
their robots.txt file that grants Mediabot access to their entire
site. To do this, simply enter the following code into your
robots.txt file:
User-agent: Mediapartners-Google*
Disallow:
This will ensure that the MediaBot is able to place relevant
Adsense ads on your site.
Keep in mind that ads can still be shown on a page if the
MediaBot has not yet visited. If that is the case, the ads chosen
will be based on the overall theme of the other pages on the site.
If no ads can be chosen, the dreaded public service announcements
are displayed instead.
There is an ongoing debate over whether or not the MediaBot is
giving websites with Adsense an advantage in the search engines.
Even Matt Cutts has confirmed that the Adsense Mediabot has
indexed webpages for Google's main index.
He states,"Pages with AdSense will not be indexed more
frequently. It's literally just a crawl cache, so if e.g. our
news crawl fetched a page and then Googlebot wanted the same
page, we'd retrieve the page from the crawl cache. But there's no
boost at all in rankings if you're in AdSense or Google News. You
don't get any more pages crawled either."
Matt Cutts claims that your website does not get any advantage
by using Adsense. However, in my mind, simply getting your site
updated in and of itself is an advantage.
This is very similar to Google Analytics, which also promotes a
slightly higher degree of spider activity.
Those who run Google Analytics on their site can expect
additional spider activity.
However, you certainly shouldn't depend on any of these tools
for getting your site indexed. The key to frequent spidering is
having quality inbound links, quality content, and frequent
updates.
Have images on your site? If so, you have likely been visited by
our next Google spider, the ImageBot.
ImageBot - used to crawl for the Image Search
useragent: GoogleBot-Image
The Imagebot prowls the Web for images to place in Google's image
search. Images are ranked based upon their filename, surrounding
text, alt text, and page title.
If you have a website that is primarily image based, then you
would definitely want to optimize your images to receive some
extra Google traffic.
On the other hand, some web sites may not benefit from Google
image search. In most cases, the traffic from the Image search
engine is very low quality and rarely converts into buyers. Many
people are often just looking for images that they can swipe. So,
if you want to save some bandwidth, use your robots.txt file to
block ImageBot from accessing your image directory.
One of the few exceptions might be if you have a site dedicated
to downloadable images.
Our final bot is completely dedicated to the Google Adwords
program.
AdsBot - Checks Adwords landing pages for quality
useragent: AdsBot-Google
AdsBot is one of Google's newest spiders. This new crawler is
used to analyze the content of advertising landing pages, which
helps determing the Quality score that Google assigns to your
ads.
Google uses this Quality score in combination with the amount
you bid to determine the position of your ads. Therefore, ads
with a high quality score can rank higher even if other
advertisers are paying more than you.
This is one of Google's many efforts to ensure that they are
delivering the best results to their users.
Can you still block being spidered? Of course, but it will lower
your overall Adwords quality score, which could end up lowering
the positioning of your ads. If possible, it is best to give
AdsBot complete access to your site.
Today's Google bots are becoming more advanced all the time.
However, nothing beats relevant, quality, updated content.
Deliver that and the search engines will eat it up.
Thursday, August 03, 2006
Mozilla Firefox
I've been seeing a lot of bickering about what browser is more superior. Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer?
Well if you'd ask me, i'd say Firefox. IE is always crippled by vulnerability and security issues. It lacks innovative and useful functions. I don't know when the Firefox Vs. IE competition begun. But seeing how IE is struggling to compete by being and outright copycat of Firefox features, i'd say not long ago. IE7 has implemented Tabbed Browsing, which is a Firefox original. I tried using it but forced to go back to my beloved Firefox. Why? The interface is so trying hard to copy firefox that it's making browsing more difficult than lower versions of IE. If they can resolve the vulnerability issues and make a better, user friendly and goodlooking browser, then i might reconsider. But for now, I'll use my firefox
Oh, btw, if you plan to use Firefox, there's a download link here. >>>>>>>>>>>>>
Find it on the right side of this blog
Well if you'd ask me, i'd say Firefox. IE is always crippled by vulnerability and security issues. It lacks innovative and useful functions. I don't know when the Firefox Vs. IE competition begun. But seeing how IE is struggling to compete by being and outright copycat of Firefox features, i'd say not long ago. IE7 has implemented Tabbed Browsing, which is a Firefox original. I tried using it but forced to go back to my beloved Firefox. Why? The interface is so trying hard to copy firefox that it's making browsing more difficult than lower versions of IE. If they can resolve the vulnerability issues and make a better, user friendly and goodlooking browser, then i might reconsider. But for now, I'll use my firefox
Oh, btw, if you plan to use Firefox, there's a download link here. >>>>>>>>>>>>>
Find it on the right side of this blog
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Ever Tried Online Virus Scanners?
Well i did. In fact tried a lot of those. And not all wre worthy of being discussed. Maybe you'd ask me why use an Online version when pirated copies of Anti virus softwares and just one download away. Downloading sorts of pirated softwares in the internet especially on Warez sites tend to attract more virus/worms/trojan on your PC. So why bother to look if you end up trying to get rid of some forsaken malware you get from actually searching for Anti's?
here's the links of Online Virus scanners i use.
Here's a list of free online virus scanners. What i like abou this scanners is that, they're free, always updated and doesn't consume disk space. Use this together with your installed anti virus software for maximum protection.
Freedom Online Virus Check
Freedom Online Virus Check is a FREE online anti-virus scanner for web users. It allows you to scan your hard drives, diskettes, CD-ROMs, network drives, directories, and specific files for any hidden viruses, Trojans or worms. Freedom Online Virus Check uses state-of-the-art technology to scan your PC for all types of viruses.
Bitdefender
BitDefender Online Scanner is a fully functional antivirus product. It features all required elements for thorough antivirus scanning and effective cleaning: it scans your system's memory, all files, folders and drives' boot sectors, providing you with the option to automatically clean the infected files.
Trendmicro Housecall
Trend Micro HouseCall is an application for checking whether your computer has been infected by viruses, spyware, or other malware. HouseCall performs additional security checks to identify and fix vulnerabilities to prevent reinfection.
here's the links of Online Virus scanners i use.
Here's a list of free online virus scanners. What i like abou this scanners is that, they're free, always updated and doesn't consume disk space. Use this together with your installed anti virus software for maximum protection.
Freedom Online Virus Check
Freedom Online Virus Check is a FREE online anti-virus scanner for web users. It allows you to scan your hard drives, diskettes, CD-ROMs, network drives, directories, and specific files for any hidden viruses, Trojans or worms. Freedom Online Virus Check uses state-of-the-art technology to scan your PC for all types of viruses.
Bitdefender
BitDefender Online Scanner is a fully functional antivirus product. It features all required elements for thorough antivirus scanning and effective cleaning: it scans your system's memory, all files, folders and drives' boot sectors, providing you with the option to automatically clean the infected files.
Trendmicro Housecall
Trend Micro HouseCall is an application for checking whether your computer has been infected by viruses, spyware, or other malware. HouseCall performs additional security checks to identify and fix vulnerabilities to prevent reinfection.
Globelines Broadband Vs. Smart WIFI
Globelines Broadband Vs. Smart WIFI
This is just a comparison between the two, based on own experiences and other people's experiences.
Globelines Broadband Internet
Globelines Broadband offers a cheap 900+ broadband internet connection with a modest connection speed of up to 364Kbps. Once you applied, the company determines firsthand the availability of connection lines in your area. (I have onced encountered a problem about this one. I get my broadband disconnected for awhile. And when i reapplied, there were no available connection slot in my area!) Once they determine and cofirmed that your area is "Globelines broadband ready" then you are ready to go. Globelines uses two types of modem: (Both made by Alcatel) The Speedtouch modems. The one is USB (Which needs to be dialed to their server to be connected.) And the other one which is LAN (Always connected to the internet. Now let's summarize their service based on my experience with Globelines broadband
1. They have a very good customer support. If problems occur, they're at your doorstep first thing in the morning after you called them for repair.
2. Customer reps are very approachable and professional.
3. In 4 years i can count with my fingers the times my broadband connection had problems. Which, only lasted for a few minutes. They worst, longest time is 5 hours. And that only happened once.
4.The price for a 364kbps broadband connection is almost too good to be true. Why? I've been a subscriber of Try-isys Internet for a month. They charged me the same for a lousy 56kbps connection!
Now let's move to the other one.
Smart WIFI Broadband Internet
As mentioned above, i had a problem with availability of slots with Globeline Broadband some years ago. So my best optiion is to apply for a Smart WIFI Broadband connection, which charge the same price as Globe for the basic package. BUT the thing is, it's only 128kbps that time. But i have no choice so i called their customer service for inquiries. You must be wondering if i tried WIFI while waiting an excruitiatingly 6-long months for Globelines to have an available slot in our area. To let you know, here's a summary:
1. The customer support is so unreliable. You'll wait forever before someone picks up the handset. And when a rep. is already talking to you, you'll end up thinking if you're talking to an untrained monkey or an autistic operator.
2. Since i can't get the information i need from directly calling them, i opted to search forums and asked what Smart WIFI users has to say. 99% of them says the connection sucks, it always lags and yeah, the bitcy operators.
In conclusion:
Globelines Vs. Smart WIFI?
You do the math
This is just a comparison between the two, based on own experiences and other people's experiences.
Globelines Broadband Internet
Globelines Broadband offers a cheap 900+ broadband internet connection with a modest connection speed of up to 364Kbps. Once you applied, the company determines firsthand the availability of connection lines in your area. (I have onced encountered a problem about this one. I get my broadband disconnected for awhile. And when i reapplied, there were no available connection slot in my area!) Once they determine and cofirmed that your area is "Globelines broadband ready" then you are ready to go. Globelines uses two types of modem: (Both made by Alcatel) The Speedtouch modems. The one is USB (Which needs to be dialed to their server to be connected.) And the other one which is LAN (Always connected to the internet. Now let's summarize their service based on my experience with Globelines broadband
1. They have a very good customer support. If problems occur, they're at your doorstep first thing in the morning after you called them for repair.
2. Customer reps are very approachable and professional.
3. In 4 years i can count with my fingers the times my broadband connection had problems. Which, only lasted for a few minutes. They worst, longest time is 5 hours. And that only happened once.
4.The price for a 364kbps broadband connection is almost too good to be true. Why? I've been a subscriber of Try-isys Internet for a month. They charged me the same for a lousy 56kbps connection!
Now let's move to the other one.
Smart WIFI Broadband Internet
As mentioned above, i had a problem with availability of slots with Globeline Broadband some years ago. So my best optiion is to apply for a Smart WIFI Broadband connection, which charge the same price as Globe for the basic package. BUT the thing is, it's only 128kbps that time. But i have no choice so i called their customer service for inquiries. You must be wondering if i tried WIFI while waiting an excruitiatingly 6-long months for Globelines to have an available slot in our area. To let you know, here's a summary:
1. The customer support is so unreliable. You'll wait forever before someone picks up the handset. And when a rep. is already talking to you, you'll end up thinking if you're talking to an untrained monkey or an autistic operator.
2. Since i can't get the information i need from directly calling them, i opted to search forums and asked what Smart WIFI users has to say. 99% of them says the connection sucks, it always lags and yeah, the bitcy operators.
In conclusion:
Globelines Vs. Smart WIFI?
You do the math
Philippine Online Shops
Philippines is getting more and more technologically competitive. And Internet is one of the great techno advances that we Filipinos are exploiting. You think chatting and gaming are the only thing we can do with the Internet? Think Again! Now, we can do Online banking, Online Shopping/Selling and more! Now where to start? Let me give you some examples and let's review them.
Filgifts.com
As the name suggest, This is an online giftshop. But that doesn't mean its merchandise are Novelty gifts alone. This Pinoy site offers a variety of products like Bags, Wines, appliances, Mags And Cellphones. The website is also easy to navigate. Upon visiting the website you will instantly konw where to go. There are categories that classifies their merchandise.
Filgifts.com accepts Visa,Mastercard, and JCU. You pay in Dollars
Islandrose.net
Need to impress your girlfriend/boyfriend? Then this site is for you. Island Rose is a Online Flowershop. They even deliver the flowers to an Address you specify. You can order a simple bouquet to an elegant mix of different flowers. They also reward points and discounts to members.
Island Rose accepts Visa,Mastercard, AMEX, Discover, and JCU
eBay Philippines
For those who does't know, eBay is the largest Buy and Sell corporation in the world. And now, we have our very own eBay Philippines! It's really not different from eBay.com. The interface of the website is the same. But this time, we can get a better response because it is exclusive to the Filipino people. I have tried this website for a testing. Upon posting an Item for sale, i got twelve replies in just two days.
Registration at eBay Philippines is free of charge.
Filgifts.com
As the name suggest, This is an online giftshop. But that doesn't mean its merchandise are Novelty gifts alone. This Pinoy site offers a variety of products like Bags, Wines, appliances, Mags And Cellphones. The website is also easy to navigate. Upon visiting the website you will instantly konw where to go. There are categories that classifies their merchandise.
Filgifts.com accepts Visa,Mastercard, and JCU. You pay in Dollars
Islandrose.net
Need to impress your girlfriend/boyfriend? Then this site is for you. Island Rose is a Online Flowershop. They even deliver the flowers to an Address you specify. You can order a simple bouquet to an elegant mix of different flowers. They also reward points and discounts to members.
Island Rose accepts Visa,Mastercard, AMEX, Discover, and JCU
eBay Philippines
For those who does't know, eBay is the largest Buy and Sell corporation in the world. And now, we have our very own eBay Philippines! It's really not different from eBay.com. The interface of the website is the same. But this time, we can get a better response because it is exclusive to the Filipino people. I have tried this website for a testing. Upon posting an Item for sale, i got twelve replies in just two days.
Registration at eBay Philippines is free of charge.
MMORPG - Ragnarok Online - Review
(Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) all time favorites. For those still new to Online gaming, this is for you. I'll compile a list of MMORPGS available in the Philippines. Cast the noob away from you! Read on.
Ragnarok Online
Since we are assuming that you have no experience whatsoever about online gaming (Yeah you ignorant noob!), I hope that you are familiar with the T.V. Animation series "The Ragnarok Animation". If you've watched that, or at least had a sneek peek of what is it, then this will be easy.
Let go to the basics first. Ragnarok is created in Korea by the Gravity corporation. But Gravity is not the one to manage the game per country. (For example, Philippine Ragnarok is handled by LevelUP! Games. Click link for details: www.levelupgames.ph) They based it on Norse Mythology. (In fact the servers were named in norse. Ex. Odin, Loki, Chaos, Fenrir, etc.) But it also contains some mixed cultures. Some maps are modeled based on cultures of the real world.
The Game Interface
If you've played strategy games before like Red Alert, Warcraft, Startcraft etc, you'll find this game with a little bit similar interface. See sreenshot (Click to enlarge):
The one in the upperleft is your where you find your HP/SP bar, Experience points need to levelup your character, and shortcut button that opens other windows.
The box below is your Chatbox. Do i need to explain this? Duh.. It's the thing where you type messages. (Oh, it also serves as a notification area about certain things. We'll discuss that later.) And the one above the chatbox is the Hotkey system. You put spells, potions etc. there so you won't end up having multiple windows when you need to use them simultenously.
The Characters
Since Ragnarok Online is been up for years now, alot of changes happened. Before they were only Three slots per account to make your characters. Now, we have five. (Lucky you) Now let me introduce the basic characters
Novice
You start your adventure as a Novice. As a Novice all you can do is.. Well nothing. You have to train and level your character up to change your job.
Swordsman
The Midgard swordsman is a close-combat specialist. Being the steadfast frontline of armies and adventuring parties, only the bravest dare to enter their ranks.
Swordsmen can specialize in a variety of melee weapons. Able to heal faster than most other characters, the swordsman is the first one to join the fray… and usually the last man standing in a lost cause.
Archer
Rugged frontiersmen with a pinpoint aim, the Archers patrol the wilderness between the towns and cities of Midgard. Though many have a huge individualistic streak to them, a well placed Archer shot could spell the difference for an adventuring party surviving a dangerous encounter.
Archers are reliant on their skill with ranged weapons such as bows and crossbows to deliver monster-stopping power at great distances.
Magician
An arcane magic-wielder with the ability to cast a variety of devastating spells on their enemies, the mages of Midgard unlock the secrets of arcane lore for their never-ending quest to master the arcane arts.
Though extremely vulnerable when attacked up close, the mage can unleash a deadly arsenal of magical attacks upon unwary opponents. A powerful mage spell can easily make short work of an opponent in an instant.
Merchant
Masters at the art of the deal, these independent traders and craftsmen seek to make a living on trade in the world of Midgard. With the roads infested with marauding creatures that ambush the wary traveler, the merchants specialize in skills that allow them to get the most out of their dangerous travels.
Merchants specialize in getting the best prices for adventurers. Their skills in haggling and identifying unknown items make them invaluable in the fight for Midgard’s survival.
Thief
With sleight of hand and fleet of foot, the thieves of Midgard fancy themselves as hopeless romantics who don’t mind if a quick zeny or two is made at the expense of others.
Thieves specialize in pinpoint attacks and stealth. Their unique ability to steal items from unwary victims without having to fight has annoyed more than its share of porings in the wilderness.
Acolyte
A spellcaster who calls upon the powers of the divine through their piety and faith, Acolytes strive to aid others and attempt to foster hope among the people, whose faith has waned in the face of Ragnarok.
An Acolyte’s divine magic provides healing and strong support to an adventuring party. Among all the denizens that roam Midgard, none draws their ire more than the undead.
Those are the six basic characters you can make out of a novice. After you reach a certain level, you can change job again to a higher job. Also, you can choose an alternative job. For example, the original job change for a Swordsman is a Knight. Now you can choose the alternative job, which is the crusader. Below is the hierarchy of Jobs.
1. Swordsman - Knight/Crusader - Lord Knight/Paladin
2. Archer - Hunter/Bard or Gypsy - Sniper/Clown or Gypsy
3. Magician - Wizard/Sage - High Wizard/Scholar
4. Merchant - Blacksmith/Alchemist - Mastersmith/Biochemist
5. Thief - Assassin/Rogue - Assassin Cross/Stalker
6. Acolyte - Priest/Monk - High Priest/Champion
Special Game Features
The War of the Emperium
The Emperium stone is the most powerful piece of Midgard's lands. This mineral gives humans (or monsters) the power of conquest, hegemony and authority. The War of Emperium consists of conquering a castle and breaking the Emperium in training for the REAL Holy War against monsters and evil forces that threaten Rune Midgard.
The Guild system
The guild system allows you to make a Guild (Duhh..) You can invite people to join your guild for plenty of reasons. For example, you cannot join the War of the Emperium if you don't have a guild.
Game-Related Websites/Forums
http://www.leveupgames.ph
* The Official Philippine Ragnarok website
http://www.ragnaboards.levelupgames.ph
*The Offical Philippine Ragnarok Forums
Http://www.z6.invisionfree.com/PROLOKI
*Unofficial Ragnarok Fansite/Forum
Okay, i think that pretty much cover this game.
Credits to:
-Levelup! Games for the Basic Job Description
- Wikipedia for the War of the Emperium Description
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